Three new species of the leafhopper genus Dayus Mahmood from China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae, Empoascini)

Xiaofei Yu; Maofa Yang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.355.6277

Three new species of the leafhopper genus Dayus Mahmood from China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae, Empoascini)

Zookeys. 2013 Nov 25:(355):1-8. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.355.6277. eCollection 2013.

Authors

Xiaofei Yu¹, Maofa Yang¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang Guizhou, 550025, P. R. China ; Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region.

Abstract

Three new species of the Oriental empoascine leafhopper genus Dayus Mahmood are described from China: D. bifurcatus sp. n., D. trifurcatus sp. n. and D. serratus sp. n. A key to distinguish all Chinese species of the genus is provided.

Keywords: Auchenorrhyncha; leafhopper; morphology; taxonomy.